Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 22:11:13 +0000
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From: den jolliffe <sondancer77@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
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Maybe it's an age thing or the too many fights I've had with those axle nuts over the years...now I take my bus to a local truck tire or truck repair shop, remove the pin and they zip it off with their HD truck sized impact with a 3/4 to 1 1/4" impact grade socket...tighten it back up by hand, install a new cotter pin, pay the nice man $10, and walk away with all my skin undamaged, and not stressed out...
Just food for thought y'all...
Also knowing the SAE size from the metric is important as most trucks are SAE... 46mm = 1 13/16"
I also soak it good overnight with PB blaster before I even try to remove it...
Good luck and play safe out there...
On Sunday, May 8, 2016 2:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
Given what was on hand (so I thought), I first used a 1/2" breaker bar
with extensions on
the EMPI flat tool.
The 1/2" breaker bar started to bend, or square hole in EMPI tool
was getting messed, up so I stopped using that.
Ironically, I may well have that socket
albeit in a 12 point version.
I see a trip to KMS tools soon. They have a great selection of one off sockets
in impact and regular metal types.
And not to beat a dead hammer, LOL, but any warnings or criticisms on
my technique were deserved and were only taken as such.
Neil.
On 5/8/16, Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I suggest getting a proper 46 mm or 1 13/16" socket ($19 from Sears or $10
> from Tractor Supply), a breaker bar and a 4" long 2" pipe. A 200 lb man
> can gently exert 800 lb ft of torque by standing on the pipe and much more
> if he bounces a little. If a LARGE chock is used the van will remain in
> place. An additional chock placed at the alternate wheel will also help.
>
> The proper socket will not slip off the nut nearly as easily as the flat
> plate hammer wrench. You will also not chance destroying a lug or hitting
> the wheel with the hammer. You will be able to properly torque the nut
> when you are finished by gently standing on the pipe at the proper place
> determined by dividing 365 lb ft by your weight (in pounds). No bouncing
> this time.
>
> I've done this many times.
>
>
> Don't hit the striking face of a hammer with another hammer. Both are
> hardened steel that has been made even more brittle by work hardening.
> They can shatter violently. Always wear safety glasses!
>
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Neil n
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